on the way somewhere, Oxley Highway

You must be, I will say to Sarah, or Carmel, or Sally, without ambition,

yet somehow completely sure of yourself, if you want happiness over success,

for the latter is never ever itself: it is in the eye of the beholder,

totally...

as if you were a dancer without the practice mirrors,

without the lovely barrs

of doubt & hunger, holding your spine straight

and your entire weight on one toe.

You give your guts but you cannot be certain

there will be claps, curtain calls or rousing applause,

success!

Make your cause a happiness you can give away

as you keep it like the fabled cake,

or magic pudding.

The trouble with "know-alls", I will say to Bec, Brooke or Billy,

[know-it-alls for my US readers]

is it is impossible,

unconscionable.

Best work out what you don't know

and keep doing that for the rest of your life,

Then choose either to inform yourself or not.

Some knowledge is opinion

some knowledge is faith

some knowledge is subjective

Thus you can choose to express it out loud or not.

Out there, somewhere, is the scientific method of reaching unassailable conclusions,

facts,

then they argue about them. Go figure.

Now tell me the difference between the god particle and god

for most people.